Helani Galpaya was one of the briefers who were asked to frame the discussions at the UN’s ongoing official consultations leading to the development of the Global Digital Compact. The other two briefers were Vint Cerf (internet pioneer, currently at Google) and Tripti Sinha (Chair of ICANN, and with the University of Maryland).
Helani’s remarks can be found here.
"Safeguarding freedom of speech and expression is so important that it is constitutionally protected in most civilised countries, as it is in Sri Lanka. Legislators seeking to address the new problems posed by rapid and articulated dissemination of user generated content must first decide what the priority is.
LIRNEasia together with the South Centre hosted an expert forum on Policy Options for Digital Taxation in South and Southeast Asia on 19 September 2023. The event was a closed-door event, attended by over 110 tax officials, with participants registered from Global South 40 countries.
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